Umbrella-holder



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G.-A. SGHOENIKE.

UMBRELLA HOLDER.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV A. SCHOENIKE, OF OSHKOSH, IVISCONSIN.

UMBRELLA-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,755, dated December10, 1889. Application filed February 4, 1889. Serial No. 298,644. (Nomodel.)

1T0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUsTAv A. SoHoENIKE, of Oshkosh,.in the county ofWinnebago and and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of said invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a device for securely holdingan umbrella on a wagon-seat or other fixed support, and for variousadjustments of position of the umbrella with reference to the fixedsupport, as desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation with my improved device asused in connection with a vehicle-seat. Fig. 2 is a view of the samedevice, taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is atransverse section on line XX of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of thearrow. Fig. t is a transverse section taken on line Y Y of Fig. 2,looking in the direction of the arrow.

A clamp A, provided with a thumb-screw B, turning through one arm of theclamp and provided with a head G, secured thereto by auniversal joint,the face of which head 0 is opposite to the face of the free end of theother arm of the clamp, is adapted to clutch and be thereby securedrigidly to a vehicleseat D or other fixed support in connection wit-h avehicle.

To the body of the clamp A are aflixed rigidly two collars or brackets Eand F at a distance apart, through which passes a rod G, which rod issupported and has endwise movement in the brackets E and F. The upperedge of the bracket E is provided with a series of recesses, in which apin H, fixed in the rod G, is adapted to enter, whereby the rod G issupported ,in the brackets, and by raisingand turning the rod around andallowing the pin H to enter any desired recess in the top of the bracketE the rod may be rotated and adjusted radially in any desired position.

Below the bracket F a spiral spring I is coiled around the rod G andbears at its upin the bracket E. The rod G at its other ex- I tremity isprovided with a circular disk L, affixed rigidly thereto, and a movablebracket M is provided with a corresponding disk N, bearing against andadapted to rotate upon the disk L, to which it is secured adj ustably bymeans of the bolt 0, fixed rigidly centrally in the disk N and passingcentrally and movably through the disk L and being provided with athumb-nut P, whereby the disk N may be clamped rigidly to the disk L insuch position as desired. The disk L is preferably provided with acircular flange L and the disk N with a circular flange N ,which flangesare respectively adapted to bear against the face of the opposing disksL and N and to serve as guides, bearing against each other therefor, forthe disks in" their rotary movements. The body of the bracket M is aplate the respective ends of which are turned inwardly and hollowed out,forming bearings R Rfor receiving therein and holding the handle S ofthe umbrella. A clamping-bolt T, provided with a flattened and curvedhead, passes through an aperture therefor at or near the middle of thebracket M, and is provided with a thumb-nut U, turning thereon andbearin g against the outside of the bracket M, the head of which bolt isadapted to pass around the umbrella-handle, and, being drawn firmly downagainst the handle by means of the nut U thereon, is adapted to clampthe umbrella-handle firmly to the bracketM. The bracket M is providedwith a flange M at right angles to the body of the bracket.

It will be understood that by the rotary movement of the rod G in thebrackets E and F the bracket M may be adjusted either to front or rearor at either side of the rod G, as desired, with reference to itsposition'in respect to the fixed support D, and that by means of thevertically-rotating movement of the bracket M on the disk L the umbrellamay be tilted to any angle with respect to the rod G that is desired. Itwill also be understood that the handle S may be adjusted up or downendwise in the bracket M as desired, so that by means of these variousprovisions for adjustment the umbrella may be located in any possibleposition with reference to the fixed support D.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an umbrella-holder, a bracket M, hav ing its two' ends turnedinwardly and provided with recesses for the reception of the handle ofthe umbrella therein, a bolt T, passing movably through the bracket inan aperture therefor and provided with a nut turning thereon against theouter opposite surface of the bracket, and a flange M at right angles tothe body of the bracket M,the flange M being provided with a disk N,having a circular flange N, in combination with a disk L, having acircular flange L, the disk being fixed on a supporting-rod, and a bolt0, whereby the disk N is secured adjustably to the disk L, substantiallyas described.

2. In an umbrella-holder, a supporting-rod supported movably in bracketsaffixed to a clamp, which rod is provided with a pin adapted to enterrecesses therefor in the sup porting-bracket, by which lateral rotaryadjustment is provided for, and a retainingspring about the rod forholding it yieldingly in position, and a disk on the upper extremity ofthe rod, in combination with a bracket held adjust-ably to the disk onthe rod by a bolt and thu1nb-nut,which bracket has means, substantiallyas described, for retaining an umbrella-handle adj ustably therein,substantially as described.

3. An umbrella-holder consisting of aclamp A, with its th Limb-screw B,provided with head 0, brackets E and F, and rod G, supported movably andadjustably in the brackets E and F, in combination with a bracket M,having its ends'turned inwardly and provided.

with recesses for the reception of the um brella-handle therein, andwith a clampingbolt T, which bracket is held adjustably by a disk N to adisk L on the upper extremity of the rod G by a bolt and nut,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAV A. SCHOENIKE.

Witnesses:

JOHN E. WITZEL, GEORGE HILTON.

